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With new technologies come new opportunities. And that is especially true in astronomy—with every new advanced telescope, we ...

The “Wow!” signal is one of our best pieces of evidence for aliens, but researchers are building a compelling case for a more ...

The “Wow!” signal is one of our best pieces of evidence for aliens, but researchers are building a compelling case for a more ...

Independence Day had some of the best alien invasion scenes in sci-fi movies, but its most famous was almost cut.

A look inside a Swiss made Schaffner NSG200E Mains Interference Simulator after it released the magic smoke. A very unusual ...

Star Trek's Prime Directive revolutionized the science fiction genre by promoting cooperation and non-interference with alien ...

A new SETI study argues that turbulent space weather around distant stars can smear out ultra‑narrow alien radio signals, ...

Microwaves can interfere with WiFi signals, aquariums can swallow them up. But there's another common problem: reflection. Radio is another form of light. And just as light bounces off reflective ...

A study suggests that stellar plasma may distort alien signals, complicating SETI's search for extraterrestrial life by ...

A rare visitor from another star system prompted SETI to hunt for alien technology, but the mysterious object appears to be a ...